OTO Journal
Clear thinking for your development.
Practical articles on careers, teaching, leadership and making professional development useful.
Latest · Coaching with a report
Use your assessment report in a coaching session
What to bring to a coaching conversation about your assessment report, how to test it against real practice, and how to pick one development priority.
Read the articleCV writing
Why your CV undersells you
Why capable people write weak CVs, what a recruiter reads first, and how to turn duties into outcomes without exaggerating.
Leadership judgement
Good judgement in school leadership
How school leaders can tell sound judgement from quick decisions, what a strong answer to a hard case contains, and how to practise it.
Career decisions
How to choose your next career move
Most job moves are a change of occupation, not a change of employer. Here is how to test a direction before you commit to it.
Professional learning
Make your CPD record useful
Stop counting hours. Record what changed in your practice, why you chose the activity and what you noticed afterwards.
Career record
Build a career evidence record
Employers increasingly hire on demonstrated skill. A CV lists where you were; an evidence record shows what you did and what changed.
Put it into practice
Start the record these articles describe.
A private career record, a public page you control and a learning log that counts. Free to start.